2000 Big East men's basketball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 2000 Big East Men's 13 Madison Square Garden New York City St. John's 3rd Mike Jarvis 1st Bootsy Thornton St. John's The 2000 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All 13 Big East teams were invited to participate. Syracuse finished with the best record in the regular season and was awarded the top seed. St. John's defeated Connecticut in the final, 80–70 to earn its first Big East tournament championship since 1986, and third overall. Bracket First roundMarch 8, 2000 QuarterfinalsMarch 9, 2000 SemifinalsMarch 10, 2000 Championship GameMarch 11, 2000 8 1999-2000 West Virginia Mountaineers West Virginia University West Virginia 67 9 Georgetown 70 5 Seton Hall 85 12 1999-2000 Providence Friars Providence College Providence 65 4 #21 Connecticut 70 13 1999-2000 Boston College Eagles Boston College Boston College 55 6 Villanova 65 11 Pittsburgh 55 7 Notre Dame 74 10 1999-2000 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers University Rutgers 62 1 #12 Syracuse 72 9 Georgetown 76 5 Seton Hall 64 4 #21 Connecticut 79 3 #19 St. John's 75 6 Villanova 70 2 #23 Miami 61 7 Notre Dame 58 9 Georgetown 55 4 #21 Connecticut 70 3 #19 St. John's 58 2 #23 Miami 57 4 #21 Connecticut 70 3 #19 St. John's 80 Awards Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Bootsy Thornton, St. John's All-Tournament Team Erick Barkley, St. John's Khalid El-Amin, Connecticut Albert Mouring, Connecticut Lavor Postell, St. John's Lee Scruggs, Georgetown Bootsy Thornton, St. John's Television NetworkPlay-by-play announcerColor analyst(s)Sideline reporter(s)ESPN2 (Rutgers–Notre Dame, opening round; Notre Dame–Miami (FL), quarterfinals) Local Radio SeedTeamsFlagship stationPlay-by-play announcerColor analyst(s) 7 Notre Dame WNDV–AM/WNDV-FM (Notre Dame) Jack Lorri Jack Nolan References General: http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/mensbball/record-book.pdf?SPSID=92557&SPID=11228&DB_OEM_ID=19400 2008-09 Big East Media Guide 136–138 2009-06-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20090428211249/http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/mensbball/record-book.pdf?SPSID=92557&SPID=11228&DB_OEM_ID=19400 2009-04-28 dead Tournament Category:Big East men's basketball tournament Category:College basketball tournaments in New York City Category:Sports competitions in Manhattan Big East men's basketball tournament Big East men's basketball tournament Category:2000s in Manhattan